Contributions to African American History in Oregon

Prepared by Joyce Harris, Manager, Community Engagement

Education Northwest

Art
Audience / Title / Source / Resource Type
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / Cane, E. (Producer). (2001, February 22). Oregon Art Beat: Adriene Cruz [Video profile]. / Retrieved from Oregon Public Broadcasting website: / Website
Teachers,
Grades 8-12 / Riggs, T. (Ed.). (1997). Artist of many talents, Thelma Streat. In The St. James guide to Black artists. / Retrieved from African American Registry website: / Article
Music
Audience / Title / Source / Resource Type
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / James DePreist (1936–2013): Conductor, Oregon Symphony (1980–2003) / / Website
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / Thara Memory: Musician, Educator, Composer, Artistic Director: Biography / / Website
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / Esperanza Spalding (1984–): Bassist, Singer, Musician: Biography / / Website
Social Studies/History
Audience / Title / Source / Resource Type
Teachers / Oregon History Project: African Americans in Oregon, by Oregon Historical Society. / / Lessons, activities, materials
Teachers / Starin, N. T. (n.d.). History of African Americans in Portland & Oregon: A selected bibliography. / Retrieved from BlackPast.org website: / Bibliography
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / African Americans of Portland, by Oregon Black Pioneers & Kimberly Stowers Moreland. (2013) / Arcadia Publishing
/ Book
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / African American History in Oregon, by Oregon Historical Society. / / Multimedia collection (exhibits, primary documents)
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / African Americans in Salem, by Virginia Green Katherine Wallig. / Salem Public Library
/ Article
Teachers / The Black Laws of Oregon, 1844–1857, by Elizabeth McLagan. / BlackPast.org
/ Article
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788–1940,by Elizabeth McLagan. (1980) / Georgian Press
/ Book
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / Slaves and Free Men: Blacks in the Oregon Country, 1840–1860,by Quintard Taylor.Oregon Historical Quarterly, 83(2), 153–170. (1982) / / Article
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / Unwelcome Settlers: Black and Mulatto Oregon Pioneers, by K. Keith Richard. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 84(1), 29–55. (1983)
Unwelcome Settlers: Black and Mulatto Oregon Pioneers, Part II, by K. Keith Richard. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 84(2), 173–205. (1983) / Oregon Historical Society / Article
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 /

Black History Month: Oregon's Exclusion Laws Aimed to Prevent Blacks From Settling Hereby R. Gregory Nokes. The Oregonian.(2014, February 9)

/ / Article
Teachers / Portland State University, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. (2015). Course descriptions: Black studies. BST 412/512 Oregon African-American history. / Retrieved from / Website
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory, byR. Gregory Nokes. (2013) / Oregon State University Press / Book
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / Straight ahead: Essays on the struggle of blacks in America, 1934-1994 by William H. McClendon.(1995) / Black Scholar Press / Book
Teachers, 9-12 / Northeast Passage, by JJ Aalto, Don Houghton, & Sara Lawrence.
(History of the Boise neighborhood in Portland and Oregon’s exclusion laws) / Center for Columbia River History
/ Article
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 /
African Americans in the Columbia River Basin—Historical Overview.
/ Washington State University, Vancouver, Library Archives
/ Article
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / The State of Black Oregon, by Urban League of Portland. (2009) / / Report
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / Collections Pertaining to African American People and Culture in Oregon, by Oregon State University Library, Special Collections & Archives. / / Various collections of documenting African American history and culture in Oregon and on OSU campus
Teachers,
Grades 7-12 / Black Cowboys in Oregon, by Stan Fonseca. / Oregon Encyclopedia
/ Article
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 /

Oregon Black History Tour through Rural Oregon, by

Oregon Humanities Rural Organizing Project. / / Lecture, Video
Teachers, Grades 9-12 / The African American Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, by L. Bates, A. Curry-Stevens, & Coalition of Communities of Color. (2014) / / Report
Teachers,
Grades 7-12 / Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History, by Walidah Imarisha. / Oregon Humanities
/ Article
Teachers,
Grades 7-12 / A Hidden History: A Conversation Project Program Reveals the Stories and Struggles of Oregon’s African American Communities, by Walidah Imarisha. Oregon Humanities, pp. 12–19. (2013, Summer) / / Article
Teachers,
Grades 7-12 / Jelsing, N. (2015, April 21). Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev’ry Voice [Video & bibliography]. Retrieved from Oregon Public Broadcasting website: / / Video and bibliography
Historic Sites
Audience / Title / Source / Resource Type
Teachers,
Grades 9-12 / Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center’s Gwen Trice by Eileen Garcia / http:travelfororegon.com//trip-ideas//oregon-stories/Maxville-heritage-in / Article
Collections
Audience / Title / Source / Resource Type
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / Avel L. Gordly Papers, 1981–2008, by Patricia A. Schechter. (2009) / Portland State University Library, Special Collections & University Archives
/ Personal papers, speeches, artifacts, news articles. letters
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / Rutherford Family Collection Celebration: Exhibit Catalogue, by Charlotte Rutherford, Marti Clemmons, Meg Langford, Jeanne Roedel, Tasha Triplett, Marc Carpenter, & Patricia Schechter. (2012) / Portland State University Library, PDXScholar
/ Personal papers, artifacts, news articles, letters
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / Rev. John H. Jackson Collection and Reading Room,Portland Community College, Cascade Campus. / / Hand-written sermons, photographs, certificates and personal effects
Teachers,
Grades 6-12 / PCC dedicates reading room to Rev. John Jackson, by Abe Proctor. PCC News, February 8, 2010 / / Article
African American Newspapers
Audience / Title / Source / Resource Type
Teachers, Grades 4-12 / The Skanner News / / Weekly newspaper.
Black History month and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day special issues
Teachers, Grades 4-12 / The Portland Observer / / Weekly newspaper,
Black History month and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day special issues

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